- Date
- August 11, 1982, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7891SBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820811036729A
- Case key
- 71680
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
This was an instructional flight for recurrent training and involved an external load operation with a 10 ft line. While preparing to pick up an 800 lb load, the helicopter was maneuvered over the object with slack in the line. The instructor observed that the helicopter began drifting to the right and advised the other pilot to take corrective action. The instructor believed that the other pilot applied left cyclic, but also pulled up on the collective. The instructor reported that his action was to pull the manual release and try to make a correction with the flight controls. The load did not release, and subsequently, the helicopter rolled to the right, striking the ground. An investigation revealed no preimpact airframe or engine failure. The external load releases (electrical and mechanical) were checked and both operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7891S
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 074
- Airframe hours
- 2,425
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Burnside-Ott Aviation Training
- Registered owner
- Burnside-Ott Aviation Training
- Departed
- TMB · Tamiami, FL
- Destination
- TMB · Tamiami, FL
- Airport
- X46 · Opalocka West
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 3,800 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 194 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.